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Messrs. Conolly and Son were among the most successful competitors. 

 Tlie fruits were particularly apples, so various and numerous as to induce 

 the committee to abandon all attempts to arrange it. We noticed not less 

 than fifty-two different specimens of apples sent by the patron of the So- 

 ciety, the Rev. T. Mackreth, all grown in his grounds at Halton : they 

 comprised all the new and most excellent kinds, and such as many persons 

 feared could not be grown in this northern climate. We noticed that deli- 

 cious little pear, the seckle, one of the very best of the American varieties. 

 A short account was given by this gentleman of the respective properties 

 of each specimen : a very useful plan, which we were glad to see adopted 

 by others, particularly Mr. Matthias Saul, who exhibited upwards of forty 

 different sorts of apples, grown in his own orchard at Skerton, all of the 

 newest and best kinds ; among his selection of fruit we noticed the beurre 

 d'Aremberg and the beurre ranee, two of the best pears of this, or, per- 

 haps, any other country. The exertions of this individual to introduce 

 good fruit into this neighbourhood is deserving of great praise. We under- 

 stand it is his intention to offer cuttings of any of his apples or pears for 

 sale at very moderate prices : this will afford an opportunity to others of 

 cultivating the most approved kinds. Very fine specimens of the Gansel 

 bergamot, the brown beurre, and the Chaumontelle pears, were sent 

 from Ashton Hall, by the Countess of Lincoln. Some very fine specimens 

 of apples were sent by Mr. Eidsforth of Poulton Hall, Mr. Salthouse of 

 Scotforth, &c. ; and a plate of the finest nonpareils we ever saw were 

 grown in Dalton Square, in this town, in the garden of Mr. Eastwood. Mr. 

 Walmsley was commissioned by the Society to select specimens of the 

 different kinds of apples sold in the Lancaster market ; and he produced 

 between twenty and thirty sorts, all very large and fine in appearance ; but 

 many of them, we think, were not of much value. Mr. S. Hinde exhibited 

 half a dozen apples of the Easter pippin, that had been gathered in his gar- 

 den in November, 1832, in a very high state of preservation. This is a very 

 valuable kitchen apple, and deserving of an extended cultivation. Some 

 very fine and curious specimens of different kinds of potatoes, such as are 

 grown at Algiers, on the Rhine, and in France, were shown by Mr. Knowlys 

 of Heysham. We cannot speak as to their respective merits : they were 

 described as very productive; and, we have no doubt, the owner, to whom 

 this neighbourhood is greatly indebted for the introduction of many new 

 and excellent kinds of vegetables, will inform the public if they should be 

 found to bear the severities of this climate. We omitted to mention, in 

 its proper place, two stands of beautiful flowers, arranged very tastefully, 

 and consisting of all the different kinds of new annuals and other autum- 

 nal border flowers : they were, we understand, from the garden of the Rev. 

 T. Mackreth. The new green-house plant Tropse^olum tricolorum we also 

 observed ; it was the property of Mrs. Wm. Hinde. (Ibid., Sept. 23.) 



Liverpool Floral and Horticultiu-al Society. — Sept. 25. This was an 

 extra-show for georginas, fruits, flowers, and vegetables. Mr. Skirving, the 

 Messrs. Whalley, and Mr. George Cunningham exhibited some very fine 

 specimens of georginas ; and the former gentleman (Mr. Skirving) gained 

 twenty-two prizes. Mr. James Howard gained an extra-prize for a very 

 beautiful seedling ; having a white stripe in the centre of each petal, with 

 brilliant scarlet on each side. (Gore's General Advertiser, Oct. 3.) 



Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society. — Sept. 30. The last 

 exhibition of this Society, for the season, was held at the gardens. Fruits 

 and vegetables only were exhibited at this meeting, and these were arz'anged 

 on tables in the first two green-houses. The fruits, particularly the apples, 

 were fine and choice ; but the vegetables were somewhat inferior to those 

 of last year. Of the gardens, we can add nothing more than to state the 

 progress of the growth of the trees, which, in the arboretum, are beginning 

 to display, by their blending and varied foliage, the scientific manner in 



